Disclaimer: I do not own pokémon! They are copyrighted to Nintendo, Creatures Inc., Game Freak, WB for Kids, and whoever else I left out, please accept my apologies. I am just writing for fun not for profit like everyone else so don't sue me! Lupusa is mine and so is the plot for this fic.
Author's note: Words in 's and 's are pokémon speech translated. Words in *'s are thoughts, pokémon or human. *****'s in a row mean that I'm changing the point of view. (This is corny. Sorry about that.)
Notes to BenRG:
Misty's reasons:
- She's worried about the gym, yadda, yadda, I've already told you that a few times.
- She thinks that if she goes, Ash will find out that she likes him, he won't like her back, and then they'll both be miserable and uneasy around each other. I'm sure you've all heard that a few million times, too.
- Errr…She also feels threatened by someone (actually a few people) in particular. Maybe you know who, but otherwise you'll learn when I make it obvious muuuch later! Bwahahahahahaha!
If you didn't catch Ash's dream, go back to the 2nd part, when Ash wakes up before he leaves…all he remembers is the picture and his feelings at the end. Is there any significance other than running away? You'll find that out quite a while later, too.
Friends to the End
By Ark9
Chapter Four
I had enough. I could already hear footstep coming up the stairs, and Daisy's angry cries followed by Lilly and Violet's reassuring words that they would get revenge. I couldn't let Misty try Gyridos, either. I only had one option, and I hated it.
I called out Bulbasaur, the one who never stalled or refused to attack without a reason. "Please help me, Bulbasaur. There's no other way." I said glumly.
"Bulb-a," it nodded with a sad expression. 'Sorry,' it had said. What I was doing could almost break my heart. I hoped that I could set it right, later. But it was the only option she had left.
Soon Bulbasaur's sleep powder took effect and the Misty-ball relaxed. I pulled her out and then set her on Charizard. I then sat down behind her and Pikachu hopped on my shoulder. I could hear Daisy and the others complaining about the fence outside.
Charizard grabbed her suitcase and prepared to try to fly out of the giant window. "All set, Charizard. Let's go!" Soon we were above the land again, watching for the purple hue that surrounded the Indigo Plateau.
*************
The Path to the Pokémon League
*Where am I?* I thought as I opened my eyes and looked at the red surface that I was riding on. Then I remembered. *Ash had said he would find a way to carry me there no matter what. I guess he succeeded. I kind of hoped that he would. But I never dreamed that he'd do this. I can feel Ash holding me on his Charizard. I can see his hands holding on to Charizard to keep both of us from falling. Maybe I am dreaming after all.
"Charizard, you're doing great!" That was definitely Ash. It doesn't feel like a dream, anyway. "How much farther do we have to go?"
"Bah… Baaazzorzor!"
"Pikapika!" I think she's waking up. *Pikachu I can understand. I wonder what Charizard said. It definitely should know that I'm awake. Maybe I'm just dreaming what I want to happen.* I snuggled against Ash. He knows that I'm awake now, anyway.
"I guess you're right, Pikachu," he said with a chuckle.
"What do you think you are doing?" I yelled at him. I could see him pull away because of that. *What if he loses his balance?*
Ash did lose his balance, but Charizard realized that and started to fly down. When we were only a few feet above the ground, he rolled off into the grass. Charizard landed right beside him and I got off and looked around.
"Charizard, return!" Ash called gloomily. "You could be a little bit more cheery about it. I told you I would get you, and I did. You can go back, I guess. Not like I could do that forever, anyway. It's that way." He pointed back the way they came. He sat up and hugged his knees. * Now she probably hates me.* Ash thought as he stared at his shoes after he recalled Charizard.
"That's ok." I said as I walked over to him. *I had planned to sneak out last night anyway, but those stupid boys were over too long. When they left, it was too dark since there was no moon.*
"I didn't want to—" Ash started to mumble but I cut him off.
"Don't worry about it," I said as I lifted his chin with her finger. *What am I doing? He's got to have realized by now, after everything that I've done. No, Ash was always too dense. He looks like he is about ready to cry. Could he really care? I wish he did but now I've got to sort out how we are going to get there.* "I'm sorry I yelled. You just surprised me a little bit. Now, how are we going to get to Indigo Plateau?"
"Are you sure you want to go?" He actually sounded worried.
"You bet. It's too dark to walk back, now. But who wants to work on papers anyway?"
*His face brightened after that. For once, I think that I said something right.* "I think that I have an idea. Bulbasaur, Tauros, I choose you!" He steadied the bull pokémon before he jumped on. "Come on Misty. Hop on!"
*Great. Now he wants me to ride again. Oh, well. This time maybe I can enjoy myself. I hopped on Tauros behind Ash. This was going to be fun.* "Ash, what about my suitcase?"
He smirked. "Thought I'd forget it, huh? Bulbasaur's got it." I looked behind and saw, sure enough, Bulbasaur was marching proudly behind us carrying my suitcase with its vines. I held on to Ash as we started going.
We rode all the way to the hotel where we were staying. Ash recalled Bulbasaur and Tauros and I carried my suitcase as we walked in.
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The Hotel
"Hello. My name is Victoria," the woman at the counter of the hotel said. "I am the hotel manage. If you have any problems, contact me and I'll try to help. Just make sure that you follow the directions on the inside of your door," she said as she handed Misty and Ash, each a key.
"Thanks! (Pika!)" they all shouted as they bolted down the hallway and up the stairs. Soon they found their rooms. They were one-person rooms and a door on each of their sides connected them. You could only get from one of the rooms to the other through that way if both of the doors were unlocked. At the moment, they were locked, though.
Misty turned around and looked at the rules. After reading them, she said, "Oh, so what? They're just the rules that all hotels have." She thought out loud, "I wonder when Ash is supposed to be registered by. I'm sure it's sometime tomorrow morning. That's only if we haven't missed it altogether."
*************
"This is great, Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed, plopping down on a bed in front of the TV.
"Pikachu!" You said it.
*knock!* *knock!*
"Who could that be?" Ash wondered, opening the hallway door. "No one here, Pikachu. That's strange."
Pikachu fell over in stupidity. "Pika, pikachu!" No, other door!
"Huh? Ok…" Ash went over and opened the other door.
"Oh, hi Misty."
"Uh…Hi? I was just thinking, when do you need to be registered by?" Misty asked, feeling a little stupid.
"Three days from today," Ash answered, and then went and sat down on his bed."
"Three days?! Are we that early?"
"Yep. I was going to see if I could find out some information on the other trainers in the next few days after some of the other trainers have registered. Not all of the trainers will be up, but I can't look at them all at once, anyway," Ash stated.
Misty had been standing there with a surprised look on her face ever since he said that they would be there for three days. *He really has changed. Three whole days…probably just to sit in front of the computer, though.*
"Don't look so surprised!" Ash laughed. "Did you expect to arrive that late?"
"Actually, yeah," Misty answered, having shaken off the shock. "Last time, we came on the last day you could register."
"Misty! That was eight years ago!"
"You're right," she said, a little reluctantly. She never thought that Ash would be right when she was wrong. She went over and sat on the bed next to him. "What do you want to do tomorrow?"
"I don't know."
"Do you want to go swimming and let our pokémon play? Mine really could use a break." She nudged him in the ribs to get him to respond.
"Ok," Ash said, obviously only really paying attention to the TV.
"Well, goodnight Ash! Goodnight, Pikachu!" Misty said as she walked out and stood by the door.
"Goodnight, Misty!"
"Pikachu!"
Misty went out the door and Ash turned off the TV after a few minutes. He started staring at the door, just thinking before he went to sleep.
"Pikachu pika pikachu?" Do you want to go to sleep now?
"Sure, why not."
"Pika pi pika chu chu pi." You really like her, don't you?
"Hmm?" Ash suddenly felt uneasy as he realized what Pikachu asked. "What gave you that idea?"
"Chu pi!" Don't you! Pikachu persisted.
"Maybe a little bit…"
"Chu pikachu." You should tell her!
"I…I can't. What if I messed up? She'd hate me forever. I don't want to risk that. Besides, who wants to be Gyridos food?"
"Pikachu pika pika pi chu chu!" You messed up today and she doesn't hate you!
"Yeah, but I think that she actually wanted to come. She didn't punch me in the head or anything when I asked. I don't think that she liked how I did it, but she didn't leave any choice on that."
"Pikachu." You'd be surprised.
"What do you mean? Do you think that she really did want to stay back at her gym?"
"Chaaa!" Nooo! Pikachu fell over again. "Pikachu, Pikapi." She likes you, Ash.
"Do you really think so?"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu smiled.
"All right. Thanks for the support. Let's go to sleep now. I'm exhausted."
"Pika." Ok.
*************The Next Morning*************
Misty, as usual, woke up much sooner than everyone else. She decided to go to the pokémon center to get her pokémon healed before they went to the pool. *It's going to be so much fun!*
Misty hurried off to the pokémon center.
"Want to get here before the crowd, right?" Nurse Joy asked.
"Ya. I compete in the league, though."
"Ok. Your pokémon don't look too worn out. It'll just be a few minutes before they're ready."
"Great!" Misty answered going to the phone. "Hey, Professor Oak!"
"Hi, Misty! What's new? Where's Ash?"
"Ash was still asleep, the last time I saw him. How's my Togepi?"
"It's doing fine. It's an interesting specimen. So far I've learned a lot about its attacks (It has three. Did you know that? Reflect, teleport, and metronome.), it doesn't seem to eat much, but it does seem to like pokémon, especially electric ones. I guess Pikachu had some effect on it because everything that I've read says that electric-types and other normal-types tend to dislike it. Oh, well. It also…"
"Err…that's nice Professor. How about you tell me about that later? Is it having a good time?"
"Oh? Yes! Yes, it's a happy little thing!"
"Togi togi togi prrrrrriiiii!" can be heard from the background.
"Togepi? Hey, do you want to take it with you, Misty? It could use a change in environment while I analyze the data I've already collected."
"Yea! That's a great idea! Send it right away!"
"Here it comes," Professor Oak said as he sent Togepi through the transportation machine.
"Thanks, Professor!"
"No problem. Bye now!"
"Bye!" Misty hung up the phone and picked up Togepi's pokéball.
"Come on out Togepi!"
"Prrrriiiiiii!"
"Great! Now I just need to get my other pokémon and head back to the hotel."
"Here they are, Misty," Nurse Joy called from behind the counter. In front of her was a tray with five pokéballs.
"Thanks!" Misty exclaimed fastening them back on her belt.
"Hey, you're Misty, right?" A girl called from across the pokémon center.
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Whatcha think? I, um, read Orla and Jaelle's fic. (That is part of the reason this took so long to come out) Didn't realize that this was so close to another one. Oh, well. There are a few things that are similar in the last part but they were unintended, considering I hadn't read it before. I'm not changing it much, 'cause I don't want to and don't have the time, but other than the vicious Gyridos, the rest shouldn't seem the same. ^_^